Bungalow Capital

Bungalow Capital

Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals

A pre-seed venture capital firm focused software. Based in LA + NYC.

About us

Managed by Matt Ziskie (LA) and Dave Ambrose (NYC), Bungalow invests early in people first and with conviction. Building an enduring company is never linear. We invest in founders across the good and the muck.

Website
https://www.bungalow.vc/
Industry
Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
Company size
2-10 employees
Type
Partnership
Founded
2020

Employees at Bungalow Capital

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  • Bungalow Capital reposted this

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    CEO & Co-founder at Superset

    At Superset we're building the best software for personal trainers and gyms. We’ve added A TON of features over the last few months and I’ve been waiting to do a product explainer that could adequately capture the quality we bring to such an underserved space. I’m super proud to finally have a video that addresses the question “What is Superset?” 💪😎

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    General Partner at Bungalow Capital

    this is a special story and connection, highlighting the long arc of relationships from NYC to Newport Beach and shared passions for “empowering the small business”. a little over a year ago, Wiley Cerilli pinged me and mentioned Hagan Kappler was looking for advice on her pitch deck. Hagan was HouseAccount’s first customer. she was leaving her role and had a startup idea. it had some elements of PE, consumer and franchising. I was intrigued and took the meeting. it was a zoom and Hagan walked me through what probably was 50 slides (!) w. detailed market sizing, consumer trends and financials. I remember joking in that first meeting, “if you’re going out to raise money from venture capitalists, this deck has to get down to 10 slides - VCs have limited attention spans!” she took the advice and the next time we met, the deck shrunk down by 75% and her story was much crisper. Matthew B. Ziskie and I happened to be in Newport Beach for an offsite where Hagan lives. she suggested we all get together, grab coffee and go deeper on revisiting this now “infamous” deck. she took us through what happened btw. that morning’s coffee meeting and the last time we sat to review the deck: - sent 40 direct mailers to potential customers to gauge demand of her product - built out initial revenue lines and pricing - started the franchising platform that would later power customers’ businesses I looked at Matt and just said, “Woah. Hagan is just wow!” in fact, she was just coming back from Kinko’s sending these mailers before our coffee. over the next few quarters, we spent more time together and talked through the idea she was bringing to life. I remember our next meeting, where we went deep on the ins/outs of successful franchising models. above all, Hagan was obsessed about making the small business owner empowered through dramatically improving their business operations, building a national brand in local neighborhoods and building the best experience for a homeowner. we knew we wanted Bungalow Capital to help lead their first round, whatever this idea could become, but we also knew that there’s another partner who could help supercharge growth with advice, guidance, capital and connections. our friends at Goldcrest Capital got involved and we were off to the races towards the end of 2023. Hagan and her wonderful team introduced Daisy, solving a massive pain point for homeowners across the U.S.: finding, installing, managing and servicing smart devices is a headache - whether you’re buying new home, remodeling or even renting. Daisy makes it easy for homeowners to work w. a trusted Daisy technician to facilitate the entire smart home procurement process. and independent technicians can opt to become Daisy-powered franchise - many have already! we’ve grown 20x in the last six months, operate in four states coast to coast and just getting started!

    Grateful to our investors, our partners, and our team as we announce the close of our $11M Series A. At Daisy we are building resources and support to help our branch owners and operators grow their businesses and improve the quality of their lives. we're hiring! we're franchising! we're partnering! we're investing! hey Daisy! Mai P. Shiv Krishnan Richard Glikes Steve Stary Michael Duda David Ambrose Adam Ross Matthew B. Ziskie Daniel Friedland Rebecca Hochreiter Matthew Walin Gordon Van Zuiden Brian Wiersma, DBA, PMP Emily Small John Thompson Yuvaraj Arumugam Jessica Thumati, CPA Matthew Homerin Kirk Allen https://lnkd.in/ggNb6n9E

    Daisy Closes $11 Million Series A Funding Round

    Daisy Closes $11 Million Series A Funding Round

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    Zest driving results ✅ "We’ve partnered with brands including Milk BarLevain BakeryBrightlandGrove Cookie CompanyVosges Haut-Chocolat and Graza to power their corporate gifting channels, and the results over the last year speak for themselves. We enabled Milk Bar to reduce gift processing time from two weeks to two days. We helped Brightland increase corporate gift revenue by 50%. Zest-powered corporate gifting storefronts accounted for 20% of Grove’s total revenue in the first 11 months after the cookie company rolled it out. The list goes on."

    View profile for Alex Ingram, graphic

    Co-Founder at Zest 🎁 | First 10 @ Flatiron Health

    When we started Zest, the idea was simple. Build a “Send as a gift” button that ecommerce brands could add to product and cart pages. The plan was to make the one-to-one gifting experience easier for gifters while spreading awareness of the brand with each new recipient. It didn’t take long for us to realize that brands were having a tougher time unlocking a bigger opportunity right in front of them — the $306 billion corporate gifting market. Last week, I posted a Modern Retail article featuring Zest (scroll back and check it out if you haven’t had a chance yet), but it also highlighted brands like Bombas, CARIUMA, Caftari, and Homesick . These brands have felt a huge pull from corporate gifters, but they’ve also felt the huge pain points that come from trying to grow this channel. Over the past two years, Zest has evolved from a simple button to a fully comprehensive gifting platform helping ecommerce companies grow their direct corporate gifting business without sacrificing things like margin, time, and the customer experience. And when people ask who our competitors are, the main one is still Excel spreadsheets, contact forms, and old manual habits. We’re in a category of our own. I couldn't be more excited for where we’re going — building this entirely new category reshaping the corporate gifting experience as we know it, and helping brands unlock this large growth opportunity. https://lnkd.in/eGRqee3K

    We’re Unlocking an Overlooked $306 Billion Opportunity for E-commerce Brands: Corporate Gifting • Zest

    We’re Unlocking an Overlooked $306 Billion Opportunity for E-commerce Brands: Corporate Gifting • Zest

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  • Bungalow Capital reposted this

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    General Partner at Bungalow Capital

    Zest now powers gifting for Levain Bakery which means a lot more cookies consumed in the Ambrose family, Bungalow Capital portfolio and friends everywhere congrats Alex Ingram, Jeremy Feinstein and team - HUGE partnership 🎉

    View profile for Alex Ingram, graphic

    Co-Founder at Zest 🎁 | First 10 @ Flatiron Health

    “Cult favorite.” “Taking over the world.” “The most TikToked bakery in America.” “A New York institution.” And now… “The go-to gift for thousands.” We’re excited to announce our latest partnership with Levain Bakery! Levain opened the doors to its cozy flagship shop on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in 1995. Borne from the founders’ combined passion for food, friendship, and hard work, the bakery has since grown to 15 brick-and-mortar locations (and counting!) and breached icon status. The brand’s mounded, ooey-gooey cookies are the company’s own unique creation and cause lines to meander out doors and down city blocks. 🔥TL;DR: These cookies are popular. Just as Levain has always pushed the boundaries of what can actually go into one of these mountainous treats, the company has been known to also push the boundaries for how cookies are sold. The brand came of age alongside ecommerce and didn’t hesitate to launch a website in ’98 to start scaling its mail order business a massive 1600%. (The first mail order cookie biz ever? We kinda think so.) Tapping Zest to power a modern gifting experience on their website is proof that Levain’s knack for innovating hasn’t skipped a beat. With Zest, Levain’s customer can now DIY their gifting journey and: 🍪 send gifts to multiple recipients with ease. 🍪 make every gift memorable with personalized gift messages. 🍪 send party favors to a single address. 🍪 gift via snail mail, text, email or link. We couldn’t be more excited to play a small part in the story of such a legendary brand. Now, who’s ready to gift some cookies? https://lnkd.in/eHQkPnwp

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    General Partner at Bungalow Capital

    a great opportunity to work on very impactful problems touching our government alongside a team that's gone from zero to millions (in contracted revenue) in just a few months 👇🏻

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    271 followers

    We're looking to hire several engineers to join the early team at ConductorAl! If you or anyone you know are interested, take a look and apply here - https://lnkd.in/ewdKEYZk The US Government is the most highly regulated entity on Earth. The amount of paperwork, red tape, and compliance that needs to be handled in order to solve a task is daunting. Figuring out "what are the rules, and how do you navigate them" is hard. Getting approval is even harder. It involves searching through documents, reading rules, and applying them appropriately to the task at hand. We're building a platform, leveraging and building on the latest AI techniques, to help users get things done in the Government, and we need your help. Join us!

    ConductorAI Careers

    ConductorAI Careers

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    Mario Götze Mario Götze is an Influencer

    Professional Athlete | Business Angel | Companion-M

    As an athlete, I believe in the significance of sports for a healthy life. And I know how crucial it is to have someone by your side, like a coach that fits your needs and that you are on the same page with. Having sport as my profession, I know that I’m in a different position than most people. Integrating sport into everyday life and making it in a way that feels right for you can be a challenge. Superset wants to overcome this issue with its innovative software solution that empowers personal trainers and fitness coaches. The platform provides coaches with the tools to create personalized workout programs, automate every aspect of their business, and provide a seamless app experience to clients for on- and offline coaching. Think of Superset as the backbone for modern coaching businesses. It all aims at creating a better experience for both coaches and clients to foster a healthy life through sport - not only from a physical but also from a mental perspective. I’m happy to take my part as an investor in their latest round joined by Bungalow Capital. Superset coaches have already onboarded thousands of clients from dozens of countries around the world over the last six months, and I’m excited to see where Taylor Pemberton, Peter Coles, and their team are going! 🚀

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    Recall.ai is 8x larger since the below with some of the most impressive cohorts we've experienced in software over the last decade...and we're hiring for a Developer Success Engineer. details in the comments ⚡️

    View profile for David Gu, graphic

    CEO at Recall.ai | One API for all your meeting integrations

    🎉 Incredibly excited to announce Recall.ai’s $2.7M seed! 🎉 Recall.ai helps the next generation of apps to leverage the data in our video meetings. The shift to video conferencing and rapid developments in AI have made it easier than ever to extract insights from unstructured voice and video data.  We already see entirely new products are being built around this meeting data, such as interview intelligence and speech coaching apps. Even software serving traditional industries, such as legal, healthcare, and education apps, are using meeting data to revolutionize their existing products. But accessing data in video meetings is incredibly difficult. It takes 6 months to build the relevant infrastructure, plus 2 additional months for every new video conferencing integration.  Recall.ai provides a unified API to access and work with meeting data, such as the real-time video and audio. It takes a single engineer only days to get into production - and this is just the beginning!

    Recall.ai helps companies make the most of virtual meeting data

    Recall.ai helps companies make the most of virtual meeting data

    https://techcrunch.com

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